Inspirational Bios & Memoirs
A Memoir
By: Tara Westover / Narrated By: Julia Whelan
Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
Big Sis and I differed on this, but hey! listen to meeeeee: Devastatingly fanTAStic!!!
A True Story About the Power of Giving People Second Chances
By: Bruce Deel, Sara Grace / Foreword By: Simon Sinek / Narrated By: Bruce Deel
Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
My first Listen of 2023, and pass the tissues please…!
The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor
By: Eddie Jaku / Narrated By: Raphael Corkhill
Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
Less contemplative than Frankl, but oh, that smiling!
On Vision Lost and Found
Written and Narrated by: Frank Bruni
Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
NOT what I was expecting; and that’s a GOOD thing!
Everything I Observed About Love Whilst Dying
By: Joe Hammond / Narrated By: Russell Tovey
Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
Well-written, well-narrated. BeYONd heartbreaking, yet so very loving
The True Story of an Irish Village, a Man Who Lost His Way, and the Rescue Donkeys That Led Him Home
By: Patrick Barrett, Susy Flory / Narrated By: Gary Furlong
Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
Gonna have to say it: NOT what I’d been expecting -AND- coulda been edited better… so >SOB<!!!
My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals
By: Laurie Zaleski / Narrated By: Erin Moon
Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
Oh a mighty HUZZAH for Moms and Animals!
How One Man Found Light in the Darkest Place
By: David Sheff / Narrated By: Michael Boatman
Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
Listened to it twice cuz once, quite simply, was NOT enough.
The True Story of How One Amazing Dog Changed His Owner's Life
By: John Tovey, Veronica Clark / Narrated by: Philip Ormond
Length: 7 hrs and 39 min
Went in worried about non-Brit narrator, but dang! the story just carried the day and made this magNIficent!
The Power of Extravagant Tenderness
Written and Narrated By: Gregory Boyle
Length: 10 hrs
I prefer to say “Gosh”, but here? I HAVE to say it: Thank God for Gregory Boyle!
Our Journey of Love and Loss
By: Susan Ducharme Hoben / Narrated By: Marie Hoffman
Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
Come to this—No judgment and with an open mind and heart
One Mexican Woman’s Journey of Faith, Hope, and Dreams to Join her Children in the USA
By: Edgar H. Hernandez MD / Narrated By: Shihara Austin
Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
Time Hopping made me dizzy, but this is still a fine tribute to a dearly loved Mama
An Attempted Memoir
Written and Narrated By: H. Jon Benjamin
Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
A Review of Warning for the Faint-Hearted… :)
The Extraordinary Journey of a Boy and His Comfort Rabbits, and How They’re Teaching Us About Hope and Kindness
By: Caleb Smith / Narrated By: Michael Gallagher, Caleb Smith
Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
AbsoLUTEly ASTOUNDING…!
By: Corrie ten Boom, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill / Narrated By: Wanda McCaddon (aka Nadia May, Donada Peters)
Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
MAGNIFICENT!!!
A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
Series: Same Kind of Different as Me, Book 1
By: Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Lynn Vincent / Narrated by: Daniel Butler, Barry Scott
Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
Okay so, maaaaybe the book IS a tad offensive? But the audiobook? Oh WOW!
How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-1918
By: Joseph Loconte / Narrated By: Dave Hoffman
Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
The occasional urge to throttle the narrator did NOT stop this from being a hard-hitting Listen. Filled with Strife; filled with Grace
The Power of Boundless Compassion
Written and Narrated By: Gregory Boyle
Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
Whazza? No longer available but through CDs?!? This is a gem, an epic of love hard-won! Beautiful!!!
The Homeless Donkey Who Taught Me about Life, Faith, and Second Chances
By: Rachel Anne Ridge / Narrated By: Nan McNamara
Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
Finding God, finding spirit, in the least of his creatures
Big Lessons from a Little Donkey on Faith, Friendship, and Finding Your Path
By: Rachel Anne Ridge / Narrated By: Xe Sands
Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
The life of a little donkey, and lots and lots of Scripture
The Power of Radical Kinship
Written and Narrated By: Gregory Boyle
Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
Pondering theology one gang member at a time
Written and Narrated By: Mark Doty
Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
On Death, On Grief, On Living the best Life possible
By: Ann Townsend / Narrated By: Lauren Fortgang
Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
More about a search for comfort in the Church rather than Townsend outing herself as a Christian
How a Blind Rescue Horse Helped Others Learn to See
By: Jennifer Marshall Bleakley / Narrated By: Emily Durante
Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
And Joey’s not the only precious horse in this book; I was BAWLING my head off halfway through >Sniffle<
A Father's Fear, a Son's Courage, and a Story of Unconditional Love
By: Scott Michael LeRette / Narrated By: Lloyd James
Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
What a refreshing, what a LOVING look at fatherhood!
A Memoir of a Joyful Dog Named Trixie
By: Dean Koontz / Narrated By: Christopher Lane
Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
You want Life Lessons from a dear dog? Hear ya go!
Stories of Feline Affection, Mystery and Charm
By: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen / Narrated By: Marcie Millard
Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
Funny, uplifting, tho’ I must admit to a few tears